I remember a bad experience I had when making an insurance claim for my mother-in-law. While shopping in a grocery store, she accidentally stepped on a slippery floor that was not properly guarded and injured herself. Speaking with the insurance agent on the phone was a nightmare. The agent seemed to be more interested in...
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It is possibly the most unfair question in any job interview: “Tell me, what are your weaknesses?” What a trap question! And, whatever you say, please don’t fall into the trite trap answer, “Well, I can be a perfectionist.” It sounds like such a good parry, a backhanded humble brag in response to an unfair...
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North American society seems to be in the midst of a first world problem: the great reevaluation of work. Work used to be Mr. Incredible, pushing paper in a job literally too small for him. Then it became work from home, then the Great Resignation, then Quiet Quitting, and then Quiet Firing. We have some...
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Work may have been made good, even pleasurable, but the simple fact is that it is not for most people today. One of my friends likes to ask the proverbial 64 Million Dollar Question: “If I gave you 64 million dollars today, would you be at work tomorrow?” As you can imagine, the answer he receives from...
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I live in the midst of the blame game – I work for a general contractor. In the construction industry, you exist in this middleman role between the owner and architect who hire you to build a building and the subcontractors who actually build it. The general contractor (us) is like the drill sergeant or...
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